Head of Ddat Delivery and Consultancy - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - NHS Business Services Authority

NHS Business Services Authority

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a Head of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Delivery and Consultancy, who can help us delivery our services, shape our strategy, and operating model as we continue to evolve and grow as a team.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director for Digital, Data and Technology, you will be responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of DDaT Services to a line of business, leading cross functional virtual teams

Working in a consultative capacity, advising, designing, and implementing DDaT solutions and services at a strategic level for our clients.

You don't need to be a deep technical expert to be successful in this role, you will have a team of exceptionally talented colleagues to work with providing advice and guidance, we are looking for someone who is professionally inquisitive, asking the right questions to ensure our function delivers what is needed.

Most importantly you will be a leader who creates the conditions needed for your team to be their best, leading teams to have a clear purpose and creating an environment of empowerment regardless of hierarchy in support of achieving that purpose

What we offer

27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
Career development
Hybrid working model (we are currently working largely remotely)
Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
Excellent pension, 20.6% employer contributions
NHS Car lease scheme
Access to a wide range of high street discounts

The main duties of this role include

Defining the strategic vision for a portfolio of national at scale services, identifying overarching service visions and improvements and landing the value created/benefits of delivery
Partnering with peers from across the organisation, sponsors and external stakeholders including the Department of Health and Social Care.
Building effective working relationships across senior customers and stakeholders at Director level both inside the organisation and externally
Accountable for the implementation of new services often at pace and to deliver services of national significance.
Use experience and expertise to guide and provide a consultative advice to commissioners and other external organisations in the delivery DDaT services.
Creating an environment which enables delivery at pace, removing blockers and challenging "the norm" to improve
Facilitating a team 'mindset' conducive to effective multidisciplinary work: ensuring full participation and commitment from all team members and mature relationships with stakeholders
Supporting future DDaT strategic direction and ensuring opportunities for service development and service growth are identified
Work closely with Service Owners to effectively forecast, plan and budget for the delivery of a portfolio of services ensuring the necessary governance is in place.
Be an active member of the DDaT Leadership Team, working to develop, shape and promote the directorate.

At the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) we deliver a range of essential national services to NHS organisations and contractors, patients and the public.

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Being one of the UK's Best Big Companies to work for, our values are to be Collaborative, Adventurous, Reliable and Energetic.

We CARE about what we do and support each other in achieving our objectives.

Our people are the heart of our organisation. We strive to ensure they feel trusted, valued and empowered. We're passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that.

We are the NHS delivering for the NHS.

In this role, you are accountable for:

Delivery of national services and multiple products in-line with the sponsors and the organisations strategy and goals.
Providing leadership and mentoring to Delivery Managers working within your portfolio.
Providing leadership of multidisciplinary scrum team/s.
Be an agile expert for internal and external stakeholders. Help foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement in the team and the wider organisation.
Identifying, creating, embedding and maintaining motivated and selforganising teams.
Identifying blockers to delivery and to facilitate the team to overcome them.
Working with Commercial Business Partners to ensure appropriate contracts are in place to support delivery of our services.
Manage budget and tracks spending and forecasts regularly and accurately for multimillion GBP programmes, including staff, nonstaff costs and benefits delivery. Act as escalation point and resolve large or high risk commercial management issues and create or influence complex budgets across an organisation, product or programme view.
Tracking and reporting of progress across the accountable portfoli